In Penza Lermontovka celebrated the 120th anniversary of Shostakovich

The Lermontov Library in Penza became a platform for a musical evening dedicated to the 120th anniversary of Dmitry Shostakovich. The event was held within the framework of the Philharmonic in the Library project and attracted connoisseurs of the composer’s work.

The meeting was opened by the documentary “Legends of Music”. Dmitry Shostakovich. Viewers have discovered new pages of the classic biography.

The concert program brought together teachers and students of the Penza Music College named after A. A. Arkhangelsky, as well as artists of Pengucert. This time there were only the works of the jubilee. Vocal cycle “Spanish songs” was presented by the teacher Olga Andreeva – she performed the romances “First meeting” and “Stars”, she was accompanied by students Polina Kalinina and Anna Nevezhina. A special response from the audience was caused by Adagio from the ballet “Bright Creek” performed by cellist Maria Evstifeeva and pianist Anastasia Potemina. Then the romances “The Awakening of Spring” and “Kreutzer Sonata” from the series “Satire” to the poems of Sasha Cherny, which Olga Andreeva sang to the accompaniment of concertmaster Tatiana Eliseeva, were performed.

The final chord of the evening was “Five plays for a trio” Shostakovich performed by the soloists of “Penconucerta” Natalia and Svetlana Samorodovs, who played the clarinet and flute, as well as a college student Zlata Revyakina for the piano.